OT MS Flight Simulator

I have been watching Discovery Wings and just for giggles went and
looked at flight simulator. Does anyone use that? I want to get it to
learn how to fly a DC-3.

Would I have to start with something smaller or can I just rev her up
and get airborn?

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 2322 -0800, Patrick t.
wrote:

>I have been watching Discovery Wings and just for giggles went and
>looked at flight simulator. Does anyone use that? I want to get it to
>learn how to fly a DC-3.
>
>Would I have to start with something smaller or can I just rev her up
>and get airborn?

I had a crack at it, one time, bout 6 months ago. It's the dogs
balls,mate, fuckin' spot on.

BTW, I destroyed 5 German subs and strafed 3 trains.
---
Alan

"Alan" wrote in message
news:1uo3rv41vksdg1mot6r7uqvlp24mg1mn3t@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 2322 -0800, Patrick t.
> wrote:
>
> >I have been watching Discovery Wings and just for giggles went and
> >looked at flight simulator. Does anyone use that? I want to get it to
> >learn how to fly a DC-3.
> >
> >Would I have to start with something smaller or can I just rev her up
> >and get airborn?
>
> I had a crack at it, one time, bout 6 months ago. It's the dogs
> balls,mate, fuckin' spot on.
>
> BTW, I destroyed 5 German subs and strafed 3 trains.
> ---
> Alan

With a DC-3? - hot-damn I gotta get one of those.

I suppose you would be considered politically incorrect if you had been
re-enacting the Battle of the Coral Sea, Iwo Jima or some other Pacific
Theatre battle at work. (Would be a laugh though)

Brooks

--
Nigel Brooks

Yeah, it is just the thing for us old coots. You will be spending 4 hours a
day online with all your messengers marked "away" by the end of the week.

Invest in a good joystick. MS flight sticks work well with MS Flightsim.

You can fly combat by using MS Games Zone. My favorite is to choose the
Sopwith Camel biplane against the hot WWII fighters. Their speed is so high
that I can wheel the old slow biplane in slow circles to shoot and they
can't hold me in their sights. You will need a cable connection to properly
use Flight Sim online. The high frame rate uses a lot of bandwidth.

The old planes are unforgiving. Flight characteristics are quite realistic;
you need to watch airspeed and trim, flaps, gear and altitude.

Just "rev her up". A few crashes will teach you the tricks. You can fly a
few combat patrols to learn the controls, and do the takeoff-landings later.
My only regret is that the P-38 is not on the European version that I have
(is on the Pacific version). My favorite plane for patrol and combat is the
ME-109.


"Patrick t." wrote in message
news:g2o3rvodqr9qdi5encv9l3o6lmgkj5iasb@4ax.com...
> I have been watching Discovery Wings and just for giggles went and
> looked at flight simulator. Does anyone use that? I want to get it to
> learn how to fly a DC-3.
>
> Would I have to start with something smaller or can I just rev her up
> and get airborn?

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:59:19 -0500, "Pepperoni"
wrote:

>Yeah, it is just the thing for us old coots. You will be spending 4 hours a
>day online with all your messengers marked "away" by the end of the week.
>
>Invest in a good joystick. MS flight sticks work well with MS Flightsim.

I got a joystick but never even opened the box. It is a little dated
now but should be still useable. I am not into that fighter stuff. It
would be cool to "fly the hump" in Burma.

I had a good friend that bought the DC-3's added new avionics, longer
wings and updated them out of the San Diego area in the 80's, don't
know what ever happened to him but everyone loved his planes.

If I get to feeling froggy, maybe I could pretend one was a Puff?

>You can fly combat by using MS Games Zone. My favorite is to choose the
>Sopwith Camel biplane against the hot WWII fighters. Their speed is so high
>that I can wheel the old slow biplane in slow circles to shoot and they
>can't hold me in their sights. You will need a cable connection to properly
>use Flight Sim online. The high frame rate uses a lot of bandwidth.
>
>The old planes are unforgiving. Flight characteristics are quite realistic;
>you need to watch airspeed and trim, flaps, gear and altitude.
>
>Just "rev her up". A few crashes will teach you the tricks. You can fly a
>few combat patrols to learn the controls, and do the takeoff-landings later.
>My only regret is that the P-38 is not on the European version that I have
>(is on the Pacific version). My favorite plane for patrol and combat is the
>ME-109.
>
>
>"Patrick t." wrote in message
>news:g2o3rvodqr9qdi5encv9l3o6lmgkj5iasb@4ax.com...
>> I have been watching Discovery Wings and just for giggles went and
>> looked at flight simulator. Does anyone use that? I want to get it to
>> learn how to fly a DC-3.
>>
>> Would I have to start with something smaller or can I just rev her up
>> and get airborn?
>

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 0836 -0800, Patrick t. wrote:

> If I get to feeling froggy, maybe I could pretend one was a Puff?

The truth is out - Pat's a wannabe Zoomie!

-Jeff B. (who thinks that explains everything)
yeff at erols dot com

"Alan" wrote in message
news:1uo3rv41vksdg1mot6r7uqvlp24mg1mn3t@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 2322 -0800, Patrick t.
> wrote:
>
> >I have been watching Discovery Wings and just for giggles went and
> >looked at flight simulator. Does anyone use that? I want to get it to
> >learn how to fly a DC-3.
> >
> >Would I have to start with something smaller or can I just rev her up
> >and get airborn?
>
> I had a crack at it, one time, bout 6 months ago. It's the dogs
> balls,mate, fuckin' spot on.

The what?

Rita

>
> BTW, I destroyed 5 German subs and strafed 3 trains.
> ---
> Alan

During the late lamented war in Viet Nam an A-1E (or D) shot down a Mig.
Said shootdown is verified and certified on the skyraider web site. So a
Spad killed a Jet at least once in the history of aerial combat. A lot of
fighter drivers ca. WWII will agree that the Messerschmitt ME-109 was a
superior airplane. Better than damn near ALL the Allied fighters.

--


Don Thompson

Ex ROMAD


"Pepperoni" wrote in message
news:botl9d$1i6j33$1@ID-105689.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Yeah, it is just the thing for us old coots. You will be spending 4 hours
a
> day online with all your messengers marked "away" by the end of the week.
>
> Invest in a good joystick. MS flight sticks work well with MS Flightsim.
>
> You can fly combat by using MS Games Zone. My favorite is to choose the
> Sopwith Camel biplane against the hot WWII fighters. Their speed is so
high
> that I can wheel the old slow biplane in slow circles to shoot and they
> can't hold me in their sights. You will need a cable connection to
properly
> use Flight Sim online. The high frame rate uses a lot of bandwidth.
>
> The old planes are unforgiving. Flight characteristics are quite
realistic;
> you need to watch airspeed and trim, flaps, gear and altitude.
>
> Just "rev her up". A few crashes will teach you the tricks. You can fly
a
> few combat patrols to learn the controls, and do the takeoff-landings
later.
> My only regret is that the P-38 is not on the European version that I have
> (is on the Pacific version). My favorite plane for patrol and combat is
the
> ME-109.
>
>
> "Patrick t." wrote in message
> news:g2o3rvodqr9qdi5encv9l3o6lmgkj5iasb@4ax.com...
> > I have been watching Discovery Wings and just for giggles went and
> > looked at flight simulator. Does anyone use that? I want to get it to
> > learn how to fly a DC-3.
> >
> > Would I have to start with something smaller or can I just rev her up
> > and get airborn?
>
>

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:51:58 -0500, Yeff wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 0836 -0800, Patrick t. wrote:
>
>> If I get to feeling froggy, maybe I could pretend one was a Puff?
>
>The truth is out - Pat's a wannabe Zoomie!
>
>-Jeff B. (who thinks that explains everything)
>yeff at erols dot com

Hell yea, now that I am in my 50's and its raining, cold, my feet are
hurting and I don't actually have to leave the ground. Who wouldn't
want to be under those conditions?

By the way, did you get JULY? Never heard back.

Yeah ? Well I'll put my Hooey against them. ''Brang 'em on !''

"Don Thompson" wrote in message news:wrusb.10487$6c3.7567@newsread1.news.pas.earth link.net...
> During the late lamented war in Viet Nam an A-1E (or D) shot down a Mig.
> Said shootdown is verified and certified on the skyraider web site. So a
> Spad killed a Jet at least once in the history of aerial combat. A lot of
> fighter drivers ca. WWII will agree that the Messerschmitt ME-109 was a
> superior airplane. Better than damn near ALL the Allied fighters.
>
> --
>
>
> Don Thompson
>
> Ex ROMAD
>
>
> "Pepperoni" wrote in message
> news:botl9d$1i6j33$1@ID-105689.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Yeah, it is just the thing for us old coots. You will be spending 4 hours
> a
> > day online with all your messengers marked "away" by the end of the week.
> >
> > Invest in a good joystick. MS flight sticks work well with MS Flightsim.
> >
> > You can fly combat by using MS Games Zone. My favorite is to choose the
> > Sopwith Camel biplane against the hot WWII fighters. Their speed is so
> high
> > that I can wheel the old slow biplane in slow circles to shoot and they
> > can't hold me in their sights. You will need a cable connection to
> properly
> > use Flight Sim online. The high frame rate uses a lot of bandwidth.
> >
> > The old planes are unforgiving. Flight characteristics are quite
> realistic;
> > you need to watch airspeed and trim, flaps, gear and altitude.
> >
> > Just "rev her up". A few crashes will teach you the tricks. You can fly
> a
> > few combat patrols to learn the controls, and do the takeoff-landings
> later.
> > My only regret is that the P-38 is not on the European version that I have
> > (is on the Pacific version). My favorite plane for patrol and combat is
> the
> > ME-109.
> >
> >
> > "Patrick t." wrote in message
> > news:g2o3rvodqr9qdi5encv9l3o6lmgkj5iasb@4ax.com...
> > > I have been watching Discovery Wings and just for giggles went and
> > > looked at flight simulator. Does anyone use that? I want to get it to
> > > learn how to fly a DC-3.
> > >
> > > Would I have to start with something smaller or can I just rev her up
> > > and get airborn?
> >
> >
>
>